Busuu

Busuu operates an online language learning platform for users worldwide. The Company offers an online community that offers English, Spanish, German, Russian, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic language courses. Its platform also enables users to learn directly from native speakers of the community via an integrated video-chat application and provides access to vocabulary, writing, comprehension, listening, speaking and pronunciation exercises, as well as various learning and grammar units.

Busuu Blogs

The prestigious German Association for Consumer Studies (DtGV) recently (August – November 2018) conducted an in-depth study into language learning apps, which busuu was part of. We are thrilled that busuu was rated the best app overall out of the seven language learning apps that were part of the s…

Learning a new language is challenging. And sometimes the biggest challenge is knowing how to start. Looking to get straight into it? Try busuu now and see why it’s the fastest way to learn a language. Luckily, the good folks at City University of New York and the University of South Carolina conduc…

We’re often asked how long it takes to learn another language. Short answer: it depends! In fact, any outlandish claim you’ll find online of becoming fluent in a new language within a certain amount of days, weeks or months should be met with suspicion. That’s simply because a lot of factors come in…

Our CEO and Co-Founder, Bernhard Niesner, was crowned winner of the Disruptor category at the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 UK finals last week. This year marks the 20th anniversary of EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year UK awards, which is part of a global programme that aims to celebrate, support and…

Halloween is here again, with spooky lanterns, fancy-dress parties, fireworks and trick-or-treating. For all of you foodies out there, we’ve rounded up a list of some of our favourite Halloween treats from around the world: 1. Pan de muerto (Mexico) Traditionally baked in the days leading up to th…

After years of studying French in the classroom, it wasn’t until I spent time living in France that I started hearing people saying all sorts of things I had never heard before. I was baffled: I’d ask people how they were and they’d reply talking about cockroaches and potatoes. This made me realise…